The Hope pioneer., 1887-07-29
DAKOTA DoINGs.
News Gathered From The Most
Reliable Sources.

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Reliable Sources.
A Catholic convent to support sixty
inmates, is to be built at Aberdeen.
Bishop Hare, of south Dakota, con.
firmed four persons at Trinity church,
Watertown.
DR.. B. G. Hamilton's residence al
Marion junction burned. Loss $3.50
insurance $3.50.
The old settlers of Pierre, Dakota
held q reunion on the Fourth of July,
which was well attended.
Nearly $4,000 was raised at the
Simpson Park camp meeting, which will
clear the association of debt.
A tournament of general sports was
held in Larimore, Dakota on the 10th
and goth. All the towns in the red river
valley were represented in the tourna-
ment.
An unknown man was drowned
in the James river near jamestown.
He is described as being stout in build
with red hair and mustache, about
thirty years of rye.
The annual tournament of the Black
Hills firemen's association which has
just closed in Lead City. was productive
of all the results usually attended upon
such festivities. Some of the run
ming teams are recorded as being very
fast. One of the features of the tour
nament was hub and hub hose race
free for all.
ASSESSMENTS.
Harvesting is in progress in Jerauld
county. >.
The total assessed valuation of Bur
leigh county is $3,557,74S.
Miller, Hand Co., celebrated the
birthday of it's artesion well on the
18th.
The total assessed valuation of Aber-
deem is $1,7O0,O0O; of Brown county,
$7,000,00O.
The tax levy for the city of James
town, Dakota, for 1887. has been fixed
at two and one half mills.
Cass county will be the scene of a
strife between temperance and anti
temperance people this fall.
The defalcation in the Jerauld county
treasury is fixed at $4,000. Nothing
has been heard from the absent one.
Dakota was well represented in the
annual meeting of the National Educa-
tional association recently held in Chi
cago.
The town board of Miller, Dakota,
has recently made statement to the
effect that Miller as a town was badly
in debt.
The assessment of 1887 of each coun-
ty in Dakota shows the rap dity with
which Dakota is growing in on
and wealth.
The assessment of Aberdeen. city
property shows an increase of $50 per
cent. The valuation is $1,6S6, $50
against $677, ,22O for last year.
TEMPERANCE.
A majority of voters in Grant county
have petitioned for a local option cleo
ton. sssiSs 53
In Beadle county, !, 800 names were
secured on the petition, asking thatlo-
cal option be submitted to vote OF
the people.
Twenty two licenses, at $500, each
have been granted and paid for by re-
tail liquor dealers, at Yankton for the
insuing year.
The W. G. T. U. local option petition
submitting the local option question to
a vote of the people in Grand Forks
county, contained 1,70S names.
Local option will be voted upon at a
general election on the 9Th of Novem-
ber next in Grand Forks county,
Dakota. The temperance people are
sanguine of success.
In Stutsman county this fall the
local option question will be voted upon.
The W. G. T. U. of that county pro-
cured a sufficient number of signers to
the petition and the election has been
ordered by the board of county commits
sioners.
Sioux Falls Argus-Leader: The
proposition is not that the use of liquor
renders town more orderly, but that
license regulates the non use better than
prohibition as practically carried out.
We submit that that there is less
drunkenness in Sioux Falls under license
than in Iowa towns of it's size under
prohibition.
Fargo Argus: The boards of COM
missioners of the various counties
throughout the territory are now labor
ing with petitions from the people for
submission to the voters of the ques-
ton of prohibition. Prohibition is not
to be put down by protests or such SUBJ
terfuge, as in the case of Pembina
county, where the petition of the peo-
pie was spirited across the boundary
line before the action of the board
could be had.
Fargo Republican,: No minority has
ever been permanently successful in at
tempts to control a majority. The pro-
hibitonists may not be in a majority,
but the liquor traders are in decided
minority of this county. Whether the
prohibitonists shall grow into ma
jority or not depends largely upon the
conduct of that minority which deals in
intoxicants. If it become apparent that
argument is to be answered by a con.
tinued defiance of law there will soon
be an end put to the traffic which SC
answers.
Grand Forks Herald: There is an
honest difference of opinion among oul
citizens as to the practicability of loca
option. Many are fearful that it is 8
step too far in advance of the times
and that high license, say 1000, is